Chapter 121: Returning to the Profound Heaven Sect! Ambushing the Black-Robed Man!

"Five Elements Spirit-Snatching Chaos True Explanation"?!"

Jiang Ye's heart shook violently, and he wanted to investigate further.

However, the next instant, a strange force rebounded from inside the bead, directly shaking his mind back, as if hitting an invisible wall.

"It seems I really have to cultivate five types of true qi before I can open this bead."

Jiang Ye's brow furrowed, a flash of contemplation in his eyes.

He carefully tucked the bead into his bosom and kept it close to his body.

At this moment, cries of alarm suddenly came from the Profound Heaven Sect outer sect disciples beside him, rising one after another, a chaotic mess.

"What's the situation..."

"Why did a wild wind suddenly blow..."

"Were we all blown out by the wild wind???"

"This is too incredible."

The Profound Heaven Sect disciples all looked at each other, their faces full of unbelievable blankness.

They had been staying honestly outside the grotto, waiting for news from inside, when the stone gate suddenly opened and a wild wind blew out; the force of that wind was like a mountain collapsing or a sea roaring.

Under the blowing of this wild wind, they were as weak as ants, with no power to resist...

By the time they reacted, they discovered in a daze that they had already been blown out of the ruin.

Before them were only the familiar green mountains and blue sky.

Following closely, the Elders who had been in pain and trapped in the illusion also opened their eyes one after another.

Xie Tang gasped for air, his forehead full of cold sweat.

Zhu Ying's face was livid, his fists clenched so tightly they creaked, and Elder Zhao remained silent, just constantly rubbing his temples.

The other Elders had similar expressions, none of them any better.

When everyone saw the scenery around them, including Hua Qingshui, they were all startled, a flash of shocked blankness in their eyes as well.

They had clearly just been in that dim and cold grotto, facing that ice crystal coffin and that terrifying existence, so how did they arrive outside in the blink of an eye?

It was as if everything they had experienced in the grotto just now was just a nightmare.

"What on earth is going on..."

"Did 'that one' in the coffin actually let us leave."

"Could it be that someone obtained the fortune 'that one' spoke of..."

The Embracing the Pill Realm Elders looked at each other, their expressions even more dazed than the disciples around them.

A few of them discussed in low voices, only to find that everyone's encounter was the same.

All were trapped in the illusion struggling, and none had felt any fortune.

"Elder Jiang, I was trapped in a sea of fire at the time, fire on all sides, burning me until my skin was torn and flesh was gaping; I almost felt like I was going to be burned to death."

Zheng Feng sighed softly with lingering fear, his handsome, delicate face still retaining a hint of paleness, clearly still shaken.

Zheng Hui stood beside him, her face snow-white, her little mouth trembling constantly, unable to even speak, clearly frightened out of her wits.

Jiang Ye also appropriately revealed a hint of "lingering fear," nodding slightly and saying in a deep voice: "This old man as well; this illusion is truly eerie."

Hua Qingshui scanned his surroundings solemnly, sharp light flickering in his turbid old eyes.

He searched the crowd for a moment, but didn't find the black-robed person's figure, a flash of disappointment on his old face.

"It seems that demon has run away."

He muttered to himself in a low voice, his tone carrying some unwillingness.

That Seven Kill Sect demon had been severed of an arm inside and his strength greatly reduced; if he had also been blown to this place, it would have been a good time to eliminate the demon.

If it were normal times, he would definitely spare no effort to search for the black-robed person's trail nearby, but right now...

Hua Qingshui took a deep look at the tightly closed stone gate in the distance; the stone gate was as imposing as ever, as if nothing had happened.

He knew the most urgent thing now was to return to the sect as quickly as possible and report what happened here.

The existence of the Five Elements Elder, and that Yin-Yang Other Shore Flower...

Once this news spread, it wouldn't just be the prefecture shaking, but the entire Linzhou would shake, and it might even shake more than half of the Zhou Kingdom.

He turned around, his solemn voice falling into the ears of Jiang Ye and the others: "This old man will return to the sect one step ahead; you are responsible for bringing these outer sect disciples back to the sect. Be sure to be careful on the way, and make no mistakes."

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions tightened, and they responded in unison: "Yes, Elder Hua!"

Following closely, Hua Qingshui didn't delay anymore, his feet pointing lightly, and his whole person sped toward the foot of the mountain like an arrow off a bowstring.

His figure was as fast as a gale, disappearing into the vast mountain scenery in the blink of an eye.

The Hua sisters not far away shook their heads, water vapor permeating their bodies, their figures nimbly following Hua Qingshui, the three figures, one in front and two behind, soon disappearing without a trace.

Xie Tang and the others looked at the vast Tai'an Mountain, mountain ranges overlapping, continuous, sunlight falling on their bodies, yet they couldn't feel a hint of warmth.

Recalling the scenes in the grotto just now... the bloody slaughter of the corpse ghosts, the terrifying figure sitting up in the ice crystal coffin...

Everyone couldn't help but feel their hearts tremble and their spines chill.

"This place should not be stayed in for long." Xie Tang took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Gather the disciples quickly, prepare to leave!"

Everyone nodded one after another, scattering to gather the disciples under their command.

Jiang Ye also turned and walked toward Chen Chen Lili and Liu Liu Yiyi, his pace steady, his expression as usual.

The Profound Heaven Sect crowd hurried back without stopping, not resting once on the way.

It wasn't until the night grew thick and the twilight soaked the sky like ink that the crowd stopped and set up camp in a wind-sheltered mountain valley.

Campfires were lit, the orange-red light jumping in the darkness, dispelling some of the chill, but unable to dispel the haze in everyone's hearts. The disciples sat in twos and threes around the fire, some resting with their eyes closed, some whispering, some staring blankly at the flames.

Night fell.

Jiang Ye sat cross-legged on a mountain rock, thoughts turning in his mind.

Although this trip to Tai'an Mountain was dangerous, his harvest was not small.

First, he harvested the seeds of the Vajra Fruit and the Green Wood Vine, two types of spirit herbs.

Afterward, he killed Bai Bai Lao San and obtained the eerie movement technique manual "Shadow-Splitting Tracking Steps."

Now that there were many eyes and ears, it wasn't convenient to practice, but he could study it well after returning to the sect.

The Five Elements Elder was unfathomable, and Jiang Ye couldn't understand the other party's purpose for a while.

However, the "Five Elements World-Suppressing Seal" he comprehended in the Five Elements Illusion was absolutely a very high-level martial art.

If it weren't for the crowd, he would have wanted to try it out.

Host: Jiang Ye

Lifespan: 70/170

Strength: Embracing the Pill Realm (Mid-stage)

Fate: Ladder to Divinity 【Effect 1: Comprehension is superb!】

Mastered Breathing Techniques: Great Sun Heavenly Flame Breathing Technique (Minor Success, 568/5000), Canglan True Water Breathing Technique (Minor Success, 386/3000)

Mastered Martial Arts: Five Animals Fist (Perfect), Blood Moon Blade (Perfect), Vajra Body Refining Technique (Minor Success, 1883/5000), True Fire Refining Eye Technique (69/1000), Five Elements World-Suppressing Seal (Incomplete)

Looking at the system panel, Jiang Ye nodded secretly.

He only had Fire and Water true qi now, so he could only display two seals of the Five Elements World-Suppressing Seal, which was why this martial art was in an incomplete state on the system panel.

"After returning to the sect, I must cultivate the other three types of true qi as soon as possible."

Jiang Ye thought to himself.

Below the mountain rock, the chatting voices of Chen Chen Lili and Zheng Hui drifted vaguely into his ears.

"Disciple Chen, you don't know how terrifying that illusion was; suddenly so many vines popped out and bound me tightly..."

Zheng Hui's voice still carried a hint of crying, clearly not having recovered from the terror of the grotto.

"Don't cry, Xiao Hui, everything is in the past..."

Chen Chen Lili hugged Zheng Hui with heartache.

Jiang Ye shook his head slightly; the terror in the grotto would indeed leave psychological shadows.

Suddenly, his brow furrowed, a flash of strange light in his aged eyes.

The next instant.

Jiang Ye's figure disappeared from the mountain rock silently.

Under a large tree, moonlight fell, reflecting a beautiful woman dressed in purple with a graceful figure.

It was none other than Yang Han.

"Miss Yang is quite bold, actually daring to follow us."

Accompanied by a sneer, Jiang Ye walked under the tree unhurriedly.

"This young woman wouldn't dare to follow."

Yang Han spoke softly with a faint smile: "This young woman came specifically to find Elder Jiang... you shouldn't have forgotten about the cooperation, Elder Jiang."

Jiang Ye shook his head slightly: "You didn't say that person was a Half-Divine Qi Realm martial artist before; this old man doesn't want to lose his life, so Miss Yang should look for someone else."

Yang Han smiled: "Half-Divine Qi Realm is ultimately not True Gang, and he even lost an arm in the grotto, his strength greatly reduced; with the power of the two of us, it's not difficult to take him down..."

Jiang Ye sneered, unmoved.

The smile on Yang Han's face stiffened slightly, "Elder Jiang, this young woman trusted you very much, giving you the secret technique for using murderous intent in advance..."

Jiang Ye took the yellowed page from his bosom, "Then I'll return it to you; it's an incomplete technique anyway."

The smile on Yang Han's face stiffened again.

Jiang Ye's eyesight was excellent; he had already seen Yang Han's silver teeth slightly clenched.

After Yang Han was silent for a good while, she spoke in a soft tone:

"This young woman has a killing move; once used, I have more than a seventy percent chance of executing him..."

"Elder Jiang only needs to display that blade intent to gain the initiative for me, and I will unleash the killing move, regardless of whether this person is executed."

"Our cooperation will be considered a success, and I will give you the remaining two layers of the murderous intent secret technique."

"How about it?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ye pondered for a good while before nodding slightly:

"Fine, then this old man will accompany you for a trip."

"But let's get the ugly words out first; this old man is only responsible for providing support..."

Deep in the pitch-black forest, the moonlight could barely shine in, only the sound of the stream flowing in the silence.

A figure sat cross-legged beside a mountain stream, his aura withered, the severed arm wrapped in thick cloth, already soaked through with blood.

His red-rimmed eyes were full of pain and ferocity, his lips cracked, his face pale.

It was none other than the black-robed person who had lost an arm.

"Yin-Yang Other Shore Flower... Five Elements Elder..."

The black-robed man muttered to himself in a hoarse voice.

"As long as I bring this news back, this trip won't be in vain..."

The next instant.

"Hmm?!"

He raised his head suddenly, keenly sensing that something was wrong.

The world in his eyes had turned into a sea of blood without warning, overwhelming, with nowhere to escape.

High above, a huge blood moon hung, crimson as blood, dyeing the world in an eerie dark red.

His heart tightened, and he instinctively looked up—

The moment he looked up, the high-hanging blood moon suddenly tilted and fell, crushing down toward him.

That blood moon grew larger and larger, closer and closer, carrying an irresistible pressure, as if to crush his soul.

"Blade intent?!"

A look of incredulous horror flashed across his eyes.

At this life-or-death moment, he could not care about the excruciating pain of his severed arm, and a burst of extremely yin and cold killing intent erupted from his body.

That killing intent was like a physical substance, forming an invisible barrier around him that forcibly tore a gap in the Blood Moon Illusory Realm, allowing him to break free from the blade intent.

Immediately after—

A figure radiating moonlight, like a fairy under the moon, entered his vision.